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Assemblyman David Chiu gives the EVNA membership an update of the goings on in Sacramento

David Chiu gave an update of what is going on in Sacramento. Particular housing and transportation, testing of rape kits tested, data collection to quantify bullying & workplace discrimination, and took questions from the audience.

The Board of Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association would like to express their thanks for your attendance and interest. We’ve got some exciting history to tell you about, as well as some new leadership and volunteer opportunities to discuss, and we look forward to your input and help.

For those who missed the July-August 2017 Eureka! you can find it for your reading pleasure online at https://evna.org/eureka.

In addition to the exciting agenda, we will have a chance to pick up the conversations from the member's meeting on 8/19 and from the new member's open house meeting on 8/09. 110 persons participated- there's lots of interest and enthusiasm.

What's your next step for volunteering with EVNA? We're always looking for talented and passionate people like you to keep things energized and moving forward. What are you up for?

We're looking for volunteers:

Board of Directors- (qualifications required)

Officer Positions

Committee Heads

Board Members at Large

Committee Heads and Members

Social Committee

Membership Committee

Planning and Land Use

Quality of Life

Newsletter and Marketing

Do you have talent, time and/or resources to help the cause?

Management and Leadership skills

City/County Political/Government connections

Marketing, social media, website experience

Resources and time

If you've made some decisions or have additional questions you'd like answered, feel free to bring them with you to the next meeting. We will have time after the 8:30 adjournment to discuss and sign up!

With all the interest and turn out, we are excited to get things rolling again...

We had a great turnout at tonight's Open House at the Eureka Valley Rec Center. A full room of potential new members got to participate in an informative session. A big thanks to Mark McHale for taking the lead.

John Goldsmith talked about the new developments in maintaining Pink Triangle Park + Memorial and shared news about the large grant which will be used to make the park ADA accessible and improvements coming to make the park which I should a national memorial the destination that it should be. Check out the Gardeners Guild Facebook page.

After A brief introduction of what the EVNA really does and ways that neighbors can be more involved, everyone in the room did a self introduction and shared their concerns and interests.

some concerns and issues voiced included (in order of being mentioned by attendees and not by priority or importance):

Unlawful evictions

Homeless issues

Vision Zero by 2020 for pedestrian safety

Recently missing rubbish bins along Market Street

Maintaining a vibrant neighborhood commercial district

EVNA as an advocate at city hall on issues beyond PLUC

Use of the 311 app

Astronomical commercial rents vs high vacancy rates

Car breakins and vandalism

More about homeless

more social meetings

public works issue like tree maintenance to preclude sign obstruction.

Ever wonder what’s going on in your own neighborhood and where you can get involved?

There are a lot of forces that influence and affect our neighborhood; politics, governance, development, community events, quality of life issues and economics, to name just a few.

Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association (EVNA) is a place to get plugged in for a better experience. We have been around since 1881, and we are still here and going strong. We are neighbors just like you; making the time to listen, learn, give, share and mobilize.

Our goal is to provide opportunities for us all to become better neighbors, improve our shared experiences, and advocate for issues and policies that matter to us.

We’d enjoy getting to know you, and welcome your participation.

Join us at our Open House in August and find out how you can get plugged in for good!

Agenda

7:15 - Introductions: Name, Street, What would you like to know about tonight?

Getting to Know EVNA

What We Believe In
History, Mission, Accomplishments
Structure and Volunteer Opportunities
Officers and Board Members set the course
Committees are where the work gets done!

7:30 Open Discussion & Q&A

Ideas and Input

8:00 EVNA Going Forward

Being of service to the community, being relevant today
Forum for discussion and coordination of action
Broadening our outreach to include the spectrum of voices
Comments and Questions

8:30 Adjourn

Thanks for making time in your schedule to attend tonight’s meeting!

The Board of Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association would like to express their thanks for your attendance and interest. We’ve got some exciting history to tell you about, as well as some new opportunities to discuss tonight, and we look forward to your input and help.

Call for Comments by August 18, 2017

EVNA and SF Planning are soliciting community comment on the draft historic context statement for Eureka Valley. Planning would like to receive comments by August 18, 2017.

The project was sponsored by EVNA, and funded by a grant from the Historic Preservation Fund Committee. A community presentation about the historic context statement, its findings, and the next steps was held on July 10, 2017.

The draft document is available for download on Planning's website. Information about the project, as well as the slides from the July 10 presentation about the document, are also available at this page:

The project will also be discussed at EVNA’s next general membership meeting on September 27, 2017. It’s anticipated that public hearings regarding adoption of the context statement will take place at the Historic Preservation Commission in October 2017.

Several years ago, EVNA secured a grant from San Francisco’s Historic Preservation Fund Committee to create a “historic context statement”. A historic context statement is a document that details the historic property types that are found within a neighborhood or city. It links specific property types to themes, geographic patterns, and time periods.

EVNA contracted with Elaine Stiles, a Ph.D. candidate in the History of Architecture and Urbanism at UC Berkeley, to produce the historic context statement. Elaine made an initial presentation about the project at our general membership meeting back in January 2016.

Elaine will present the findings from the historic context statement on Monday, July 10, at 7pm, at the Chase Bank Community Meeting Room, 2112 15th St. Representatives from SF Planning’s Historic Preservation Program will also attend. The presentation will cover:

What is a historic context statement? What is the purpose, and how is it used?

Overview of the Eureka Valley Historic Context Statement findings on historic resource types in the neighborhood

Recommendations for future historic preservation work in Eureka Valley based on the context statement analysis

What comes next in the context statement process

Time for your questions, comments and feedback

Please see Planning’s web page for more information on the project, including an email address you can use to get more information, or comment on the project.

If you missed the date on Propositions M,O,U & X hosted by Enrique Landa and Planning Commissioner Dennis Richards, you can listen online!

The event was held live on Monday night, October 17th at 7 pm at the Swedish American Hall regarding four land use propositions on this November’s ballot (M,O,U & X).

Speakers, both for and against some of the Propositions, include Supervisors Aaron Peskin, Supervisor Scott Weiner, Supervisor Jane Kim and former Supervisor Sophie Maxwell as well as community/housing activists Calvin Welch, Leah Pimentel, Peter Cohen and Tim Colen.

This is the message announcing the CBD Survey. In haste to get the word out about the October 17th panel discussion on land use propositions M,O,U & X, some of you got a message with an incorrect subject line.

Hi EVNA Members,

The Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District (CBD) is conducting a survey of CBD services. It is short, taking fewer than 10 minutes. To thank people for their participation, the CBD is holding a weekly drawing of those who complete the survey, 4 lucky winners will be randomly chosen each week!